Lately there has been some traffic on subsonic and supersonic
rounds for sniper rifles. Well, perhaps I can help a little here.
There are exactly two things paramount in mind with a sniper
with a mission: 1) getting away alive 2) getting the target.
Notice that personal survival is of a higher priority. This is
emphasised over and over again in training. You can always come back
for another try at the target (that is, if you get away ok).
Now, before you blow up, no, I have not seen live combat (thank GOD!).
However, I have participated in excercises that were damn real, and
that I was 'killed' because either I was detected approaching, on
hitting the target, or on leaving. The first and last were my fault.
The last is dependant on how the mission is set up. If it is a
relatively easy hit, you can stand off a nice long distance and
deliver the present at conveniece. However, on most targets that
snipes are sent after, you have to get in relatively close, and
that is where you want the quietest damn shot in the world. This
really works. I've succeeded on penetrating a hard target, making
the tag, and getting away safely because I waited until the conditions
were right.
Ok, ok. Enough rambling.
1) Long distance shot. Use the high velocity rounds. It makes for
a better shot.
2) Short distance shot. Use low velocity, cause anything you can
do to cut down detection in ANY WAY increases your life expectancy
tons.
This really is a decision that has to be made by each man. I can
think of only one 'mission' where two shooters actually choose the
same approach and all the rest. Everything else is personalized to
extreme detail. Each has different methods, approaches, styles,
etc, etc, ad nauseum. You may think the shooter as an impersonal
bastard, but in ways we live more in a short time than joe normal
lives his entire life.
(Personally, I like this chemical sliver stuff..they'd never notice me!)
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C.P.Simons
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"With the good Lord above me, and a drill sergeant behind me screaming
and shouting, I can do damn near anything!"
disclaimer: why, everything, of course!
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